Evening Star Newspaper, October 1, 1929, Page 2

kS i PRIZE HOME PLAN TOBEATU.S.C.0FC. Public Exhibition to Start Thursday and Last Through Saturday. An unusual array of modern house designs of many styles and different | floor plans, will be placed on public | exhibition by The Star Thursday, Fri- day and Saturday in the large Room I on the first floor of the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Connecticut avenue and H street. g These designs, by architects from ssctions throughout the country, are | the regional prize-winning and hon- orable mention house plans in the Na- tional Better Homes Architectural Com- petition, conducted during the Sum- mer by the Home Owners' Institute, Inc., and sponsored in this region by The Star. There are approximately 100 drawings. ‘The original perspective drawings of the houses, various elevations, floor plans and landscaping designs made by the competing architects in the national competition, for which $29,000 in prize money was awarded, have been photographed in large size and these reproductions will be hung so as to enable visitors to make a study easily of the new ideas of house design in the competition. Public Is Invited to See Plans. ‘The public is cordially invited by The Star to inspect these drawings during the three-day exhibition here. The ghowlrlphs constitute a traveling ex- ibit which is being sent to citles throughout the country. ‘While local architects who entered the competition did not place in the national contest, their drawings will be exhibited prominently along with re- gional and national prize winners. ‘The exhibition will be under the gen- eral supervision of the jury of awards which selected winners in The Star's area. This jury was composed of Fred- erick Vernon Murphy, dean of tl school of architecture, Catholic Univer- sity; Horace W. Peaslee, president of the local chapter of the American In- stitute of Architects: Louis Justement, a past president of the local architect’s chapter; Willlam C. Miller, past presi- dent of the Washington Real Estate Board; Felix Mahony of the National School of Fine and Applied Arts; Edwin ‘W. Schneider of the firm of Schneid & Spliedt Co, builders, and a repr: sentative of The Star. The Star’s area in the contest includ- ed Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Delaware and the Dis- trict of Columbis The three winners in this area were: Samuel J. Collins, Staunton, Va.; W. N. S. Pugh, Balti- more, Md., and Forrest W. Colle, Ashe- ville, N. C. Winners of honorable men- tion in this area were B. C. Flournoy, ‘Washington: Louis R. Moss, Washing- ton; Louis Philippe Smithy and Ernest R. Gilbert, West Roanoke, Va., and El- dred Mowery, Washington. ‘The three national winners were: H. Roy Kelley, Los Angeles; Harrison Clarke, Los Angeles, and Amedeo Leone of Detroit. MRS. JOHN F. RODGERS IS BURIED IN MAINE Capital Social Leader for Half Cen- tury Died at Summer Home Thursday. Funeral services for Mrs. John F.| Rodgers, 81 years old, for a half century a social leader of this city, who died at her Summer home, at York Harbor. Me., last Thursday, were conducted there Saturday afternoon, with Rev. Dr. Jones of Portsmouth, N. H., officiating. Interment was in the York cemetery, in accordance with the wishes of Mrs. Rodgers. Attending the services at the home, besides the members of Mrs. Rogers’ family, were Col. and Mrs. Arthur O'Brien, Mr, and Mrs. Alexander B. Legare and Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Lakin of Washington; Dr. and Mrs, ‘O'Neil, Boston, and many others of the Summer colony, residents of Bos- ton, New York, Philadelphia, as well as York Harbor residents. Col. O'Brien, Mr. Lakin and Mr. Legare also acted as_pallbearers. The services at the grave were at- tended by only members of the family and & few intimate friends. Mrs. Rodgers resided here at 1310 Sixteenth street, She was the widow of Capt. John F. Rodgers, who is buried in Arlington Cemetery. Mrs. Rodgers’ only daughter, Mrs. Horace H. Westcott, died at York Harbor a little more than | four years ago. Mrs. Rodgers had been going to York | Harbor for the Summers for the past; 30 years. With her when she died were | her son-in-law, Mr. Westcott; her sister, Mrs. J. McRoberts of Chicago, and a niece, Mrs, Lucy Baltzell of Hartford, | Conn. Mrs. Rodgers was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Philip Speed of Louisville, Ky., where she was born January S, 1848. SWIMMING IN WINTER INY.W. C. A. PROGRAM Two Big Pools Open for Season ‘With Comprehensive System of Instruction in Prospect. The two big swimming pools of the . W. C. A. have opened for the Winter season, with a comprehensive ; program of instruction and recreation in prospect. Swimming classes are being organized, while entertainments planned for the Winter include a water play, a play night, a splash party and other features. The new Red Cross life saving class | will meet first on Friday evening, from | 7 to 8 o'clock, and thereafter at the same time for 11 weeks. Tests will be given on December 6 and 13. Other courses are for eight lessons of one- halt )I('lurl !lchi Private lle&;ons are | given singly or in groups of six, Saturday mornings girls up to 15 will be instructed, and Saturday after- noons boys up to 10 years will be taught. Adults may attend either morning or evening classes at the Seventeenth an K street wgdhr:r" !lfld in the evening only at 614 E street. nAhn important feature of the swim- ming is the medical examination re- quired each year before an individual can enter the ls. During general swimming periods Red Cross life guards will be on duty. Both Y. W. C. A. pools haye excellent ratings from the District Health Department. The water is puri- fied by chlorination, filtration and by _.a yacuum cleaning system. Swimming instructors include Marion {,.djuln who is also director ot health fucation; Anna Van Buskirk of McGill ‘University; Marion Hunt of Sargent’s, and Dorothy Latham of Miss Bouve's in Boston. Gertrude Hatch Winkler, alep 'a Sargent graduate, has for the past three years assisted in swimming. This year Elsa Hunt'ey of the Posse- Nigepn School, alo will assist. Dr. Katherine OChapman. the association | physician, conducts the annual exami- wation Shearer, referring to Mr. Schwab. Secretary Kellogg had called the Beth- lehem crowd on the mat and warned them that if they didn’t get rid of me, the Govt $15,000,0 Kellogg as “Nervous Nellie.” Palen’s house, d | Shearer 1 e THE EVENING . STAR. WASHINGTON. D. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1929. COMPANIES WANTED WORK KEPT SECRET. SHE (Continued From First Page.) blackmail, but that he only had de- manded that the shipbullders carry out their contract. At this point, Senator Allen suggested that he thought the shipbuilders should pay Shearer the additional $250,000 for which he is suing them. Senator Allen was speaking with considerab’e sarcasm, but Shearer turned to his attornsy with A quick “make a note of that.” Shearer told the committee that the shipbuilders, through Henry C. Hunter, attorney for the Council of American Shipbuilders, who paid him, loaded things on him. “Hunter kept sending me down to ‘Washington to look after bills they were interested in.” he sald, “things that were not in my contract Shearer Explains Reports. Shearer was on the stand again when the Senate committee resumed its in- quiry this morning. The witness ex- plained the s2nding of his reports from Geneva to Henry C. Hunter, the attorney for the Council of American Shipbuilders, who acted as paymaster as far as Shearer was concerned for the shipbuilding companies. Senator Robinson called Shearer’s attention to the fact that Charles M. Schwab, president of the board of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, which owns_the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co., and E. G. Grace, president of the lat- ter, had said on the stand they had never heard of Shearer's employment until after he had returned from Geneva. “I don’t see how they could say they did not know I was in Geneva,” sal Shearer. He said that he b sent coples of some of these documents, which he sent to Hunter, also to Mr. Schwab and Mr. Grace and to mem- bers of Congress, members of the cabinet and others. “Humanlike,” sald Shearer, “I looked to the big man, Mr. Schwab, right at the top of the list, to get these reports.” Senator Robinson asked Shearer why his employment by the shipbuilding companies had been kept secret when he went to Geneva. Lays Secrecy to Wakeman, Shearer sald that 8. W. Wakeman, vice president of the Bethlehem Ship- building Co., insisted on secrecy. “You observed your instructions and never revealed your employment to wny one while you were at Geneva,” sald Senator Robinson. “No, sir,” said Shearer, “I never told any one.” He said that secrecy had been insisted upon by Wakeman at a conference with himself. The repre- sentatives from the other companies were not present, he said, but Vice President Palen of the Newport News Co. “acquiesced.” He said the others thought C. L. Bardo, vice president of the New York Shipbuilding Co., and now president, would trail along. “What was the reason Wakeman gave for keeping the employment & secrecy?” asked Senator Robinson. “They considered that the pacifist influence in the United States had be- come very great,” said Shearer. “John D. Rockefeller, jr, was a backer and | he was in a way affiliated with Schwab and the Bethelhem Steel Corporation. They had employed Ivy Lee, and the council of American Shipbuilders had paid him $150,000 or something. I sup- pose they did not want to offend Lee's vanity by employing & ‘bug’.” (Shearer had testified earlier that Lee considered him a “bug.”) Cites $15,000,000 “War Case.” Shearer referred also to the $15,000,~ 000 case against Schwab and the Beth- lehem Corporation growing out of war | contracts brought by the Government, and said that also might have had something to do with the secrecy. Shearer said that he came to Wash- ington December 11, 1927, still in the employ of the shipbuilders. “I was to take a house and make Washington my permanent headquar: ters,” sald the witness. “Palen said it was time that I was to represent the shipbuilders openly. Wakeman said, | ‘no’.” Shearer told the committee that he had had a call to go to New York. “I assumed that Charlie was going| to make me one of ‘his boys’ “I was met by one of Hunter's men,” | he centinued, “who whispered in my ear to go to the Lotus Club.” | A conference of that club was held, | Shearer said, in a private room, at- tended by Mr. Hunter, Mr. Palen and Mr. Smith, another vice president of the Bethlehem Co. “I was told,” said Shearer, “that nment would proceed in that case.” Calls Kellogg “Nervous Nellie.” Shearer said that a New York World reporter had told Kellogg his paper was oing to make an attack on Shearer, and that Kellogg had then called the Bethlehem people on the mat. Shearer referred to former Secretary Senator Robinson and other membr of the committee objected to this chal acterization and Shearer offered to, withdraw the characterization, but in- | sisted that that was the way the Sec- | retary had been referred to in the pri- vate meeting. been told by the shipbuilding repre- sentatives that they would have to soft- pedal the matter. He said that he bhad Later. Shearer said, he went to Mr. | “Palen said to me"” said Shearer, “that Schwab does not want to be tag- | ged with a charge of being back of the big Navy movement.” The next day, Shearer said, he went to Hunter's office and they told him | they would have to end his employ- ment. Shearer protested that he should | not be made the victim of success. He testified that Hunter . previously | had called up the head of the Navy | League in Washington and suggested that Shearer be picked for the Navy day speaker. “That wasn't very wise of him, was 1t?" said Shearer. Shearer sald that Palen and Bardoe had talked of waiting until things “blew over,” but that Smith, represent- ing the Bethlehem Co., said they were through. Shearer testified that when he was paid $250 in connection with an article he had printed entitled, “The Cloak of Benedict Arnold,” there had been no agreement to suppress the ar- ticle. Hunter and Bardo and others have told the committee that he was paid the $250 with the understand- ing that the article would be sup- pressed. When Shearer finally was handed his letter of dismissal on December 17, 1927, by Mr. Hunter, Shearer said that Hunter had cautioned him to go easy til “it blows over.” Robinson Asks About Articles. Senator Robinson inquired at some length rej ing the use of articles by the Republican National Committee Publicity Bureau, of which Senator Allen was the head during the last campaign, Shearer testified that he had wrilten an open letter to Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, who had at- tacked President Hoover's acceptance speech. Shearer, in his letter, defended the President and spoke for the Navy and national defense. “I was informed by Archer,” sald Shearer, “that my letter was the finest thing he had ever read.” Archer, he said, was secretary to Scnator Allen. He said that many coples of his .etter to Butler were sent out through the Republican national committee pub- leity bureau, Laurence C. Wilder, pay- ing for them and for their postage. He said he also wrote & story called “Sea Power,” which Archer thought a fine article. The envelopes addressed to some 2,000 newspapers were provided by Archer to send out this article also, he _said. 'lamr said that it was determined ARER DECLARES to send him to Boston to work for the interest of the Republicans. “There had been some talk about the Republican candidates being pro-Brit- ish,” said Shearer. He said that Sena- tor’ Moses of New Hampshire, Repre- sentative Bacon and Archer had been consulted about his going to Boston to work with the Jrish there. He said that the Republican national committeeman, Louls K. Liggett, in Boston, was notified and that he went to see Liggett and his publicity man and discussed publicity. Shearer testi- fled he went to see the editors of all | the newspapers in Boston, Republican {and Demccratic, and discussed with them publicity looking to the building up of the Navy and merchant marine. He said they were interested because ships were built at Boston _and near Botton, z # “I'm not a lobbyist,” said Shearer, “I merely submit facts and let others de- | cide where to build the ships.” The witness said that he had been told Dr. Wellsley Hills, one of the Re- | publican campalgn speakers, that *I W‘mr;ly was getting the Irish inter- ested.” Admits Anti-British Work. Shearer frankly admitted that his | campaign material was anti-British propagand: “Pro-American, I'd call it,” he said. Senator Robinson’s examination then took another slant. He asked Shearer when was the first time he had made the public announcement of his em- ployment by the shipping concern. ‘When Wilder told him of the Kellogg {matter, he said, he went to Assistant | | d Secretary of the Navy Robinson and told him: “The blow has fallen. At last I'm going to work.” “You meant openly?” querled Senator | Robinson. “Oh, yes,” Shearer replied. “Hereto- fore my work was always a mystery.” | The Arkansas Senator qu:stioned the | witness about Laird W. Archer, to whom | he had referred. Shearer said this man | was a representative of Senator Allen, who then was head of the Republican | publicity during the campaign. He told the committee that he had visited Allen in New York City during the campaign and was received “very ! graciously.” | _ Senator Allen said to me: *“I think you ought to be out making speeches.’ Allen Claims it Was in Derision. This sally by the witness produced general laughter, Later, when Senator | Allen_was cross-examining the witness, Qe told Shearer he meant it only de- | risively, ‘and_tha for him to make any speeches. | "Referring to Shearers discharge by | the_shipping_interests, Robinson- tried to pin the witness down to the date. Shearer launched into a rapid-fire dis- | cussion of talks with Allen and said the | shipping officials had_engaged him to | do ‘Wwork on the new merchant marine | bill. Robinson_asked again about the | date of Shearer's discharge and Shearer said it was March 19, 1929. | "'The witness said that Allen had | given him letters from Senator Fletcher oZ Florida to a Capt. Smith. a marine expert, to guide him in wrifing a new merchant-marine bill. After his discharge, Shearer said he had been given no other employment by | the shipping_council, and has none now. | “Senator Robinson wanted to know whether the Assistant Secretary of the Navy understood what he meant by oing to work.” “T told him I was golng to work open- | ly,"” Shearer sald. | Says He Was Blacklisted. | Asked if the naval official had known he had been working secretly before for a year, Shearer replied, “Sure.” During a discussion with Senator | Robinson about his feeling over his dis- | charge Shearer said his former em- | ployers and other enemies had done | everything they could to discredit him. | " “Once you get on the blacklist there's | no chance for you in any business,” he | said bitterly. Senator Shortridge demanded that 'the witness prepare a statement show- ing money he had received before going to the Geneva conference, amounts re- | celved under that agreement at Geneva | amounts under the so-called employ- ment by Wilder and sums received from other sources after the Geneva confer- aid | ence. Shearer produced another record, & statement showing he had received $51.- | 230 from November, 1926, to January 1, | 1929. These receipts of cnecks from the three shipping concerns were from Hunter, Palen and Flook. A controversy arose over a $2,500 loan from Palen and Shortridge wanted to know why Shearer had given a promis- sory note in return for payment of his | services. Shearer insisted that Palen was to be reimbursed after he received his regu- lar pay from the shipping companies, and when he learned he was not to be paid, got the money from his company. “He protected himself by hanging it on the company,” Shearer explained. Senator Shortridge characterized that as “what we call high finance.” During the discussion that followed, Shearer again brought up the matter of his discharge at the time of the Kellogg protest and said: “They fired me to 5| AV the star of Bethlehem.” Shortridge denounced this as an at- tempt to “defoul the man’s reputation.” He insisted, and Shearer admitted, that he knew nothing personally of the Kel- logg matter, except from hearsay. Shortridge Defends His Actions. The committee chairman also de- fended himsell from criticisms of not giving the witness a fair play and at one point, in explaining everyone would | be given a full opportunity te be heard, Shortridge said: “I don't care if it is a man in purple or in rags.” Leaning_over the table, him: “If I'm not given an even break soon you'll get your man in rags.” At this point Senator Allen of Kansas took up a long and severe cross-exami- nation of the witness, beginning with | questions about Shearer's pamphlet, “The Cloak of Benedict Arnold.” Shearer said about 900 of these had been distributed and all paid for in the bill of $250 which he received when the pamphlets were suppressed. Senator Allen questioned him abcut his operations at Geneva and easked | Shearer how the American naval offi- | cers knew of the assistance he claimed to be rendering. Shearer said they read the news- papers and that he had met and talked | with every officer except Admiral Jones. “Did you tell them you had been sent there by these shipbutiding companies?” asked Senator Allen. “Certainly not,” the witness vigorously replied. “They never asked me about my connections and evidently were glad to get my help.” ‘There was much discussion about the failure of the Geneva confcrence, Shearer charged that as the result of this failure the new cruiser bill, which he claims to have saved, had been in- troduced into Congress. Says Failure Was Unfortunate. “It is unfortunate the Geneva con- | ference failed,” he added at another |time. “If it had succeeded it would | have saved us calling this second con- ference.” Senator Allen took the witness up on a previous statement he had made at the time of the merchant marine bill about “going out to get more business.” Shearer explained he meant conducting | an_educational campaign in behalf of | the merchant marine and Navy. “You were going to Geneva to get | more business?” Senator Allen declarcd indignantly. Before Shearer could reply, Senator er's claims contracts had' been let for six 10,000-ton cruisers, and that the ployed him were to receive the awards for these contracts. . credit for the fact that “You'rs taking as the result of the failure at Geneva 2 ill is before i~ "$700,000,000 naval bill T ,” Senator Allen charged. * Sheafer tried to inierject & denial with an_explanation, as he had done frequently before, that his piigpose in Allen insisted that as a result of Shear- | three shipping companies which em- | | DETECTIVE SLAN - ATHAVRE DE GRAGE Several See Shooting on Street, but Get Only Fleet- ing Glance at Killer. By the Assoclated Press. HAVRE DE GRACE, Md, October 1.—Authorities, with nothing more tan- gible than a discarded pistol to work |from, are searching for the assatlant 1 Who, late last nigst, shot and killed A. A. Morrison of New York, Pinkerton de- tective, assigned to the Havre de Grace race track, while he was on his way home through a darkened street. Morrison, according to several per- sons who were standing on the corner, about 50 yards from the scene of the fatal shooting, had made a purchase at the corner drug store and started for his hotel. He was :ccosted by the man, who sald, “Now I've got you,” fired six shots Into his body and fled. Morrison died five minutes after b!infnldmllud to a hospital without regaining con- sclousness. ‘These bystanders told police they hecrd the words of the man, the shots rud saw the wounded man fall, but did not get a clear look at the killer. Later, however, two colored persons said they had seen a man running from the scene of the shooting and that he had thrown a pistol into a clump of bushes. They were unable to give a description of the fleeing man. The pistol, with all cartridges discharged, was found by Po- lice Chief Clifford Santmeyer. City, county and State police, hur- rledly summoned, made, a search of the vicinity, but found no trace of the slaye ‘They expressed the belief that he was some undesirable who had been barred from the race track by Morri- son's activities, ROAD BUILDING FILMED. By Cable to The Star. LIMA, September 1.—Twenty thou- sand feet of film showing road bullding in all South American countries, except Paraguay and Ecuador, have been taken | by the American delegates to the P; American Highway Conference, held r¢ he had no desire ! cently in Rio de Janeiro. The films will | i be distributed throughout South Amer- ica when they have been developed in | the United States. The American dele- | gates are in Lima on their return trip to the United States. {going to Geneva was to help put through & parity treaty. Senator Allen and the witness en- gaged in & number of lively tilts and the former referred to earlier testimony that Shearer had quoted him about wishing him to make :peeches in the | campaign. “Did yor at and make any speeche~ asked Shearer. “No, sit,” Shearer replied. “That was because I didn't want you around to make any speeches,” Allen interjected. A conference with Bardo at Wash- ington in 1929 when the shipping man had threatened to sever connections with Shearer, was brought up by Sen- ator Allen. Allen read from a andum which Bardo had prepared while the matter of the conference was fresh in his mind. Shearer's History in Record. The Senate's Investigators had in their record yesterday, with more to come, a good deal about Shearer's life history and his vigorous, slangy, color- ful version of his efforts “to get out the American side of the story” while employed by American shipbuilders at Geneva during the unsuccessful 1927 arms limitation conference. The records, spiced with Shearer's characteristic denials of suggestions that he had been a crook and & spy, includ- ed, from the witness himself. copy of the document purported to be a Scot- land Yard report on his past and an | | conference to succeed, with the United States assured “parity” and freedom to build 10,000-ton cruisers. ! It included his statement that Drew | Pearson,-newspaper correspondent, who | testified that he worked against the suc- c-ss of the Geneva conference, “is & liar” and his own version of his under- standing with the three shipbuilders who paid hina $25,000 to go to Geneva, which is quie different from theirs. Commlittee Takes Up Quarrel. ‘The committee turned to the finish- ing touches of his picture of what he did at Geneva and his account of the quarrel he had-with his shipbuilding employers last year. They have test! fied that they agreed merely to pay him $25,000 to “observe and report” the “trend” of the Geneva meeting, while he contends that he was to get that sum annually for 10 years and is suing them for more than $150,000. The present investigation is one of the sequels of that suit, allegations made by the big Navy advocate having led President Hoover to order a Depart- ment of Justice investigation and the Senate to undertake an inquiry of its own. Shearer's claim that the investi- gation was his “own party.” however, has met with little success at the hands of the committee, and Chairman Short- ridge has insisted on examining him in- stead of letting him tell his story in his own way. ‘The purported Scotland Yard docu- ment, which Sk arer said he took from Albin E. Johnson, Geneva correspondent of the New Work World, identified him as being known by several names and having a “very smart appearance. The former Secretary of the Interior, ph photogra, day for trial next femor- | assertion that he wanted the Geneva | LID ON AT BORGER i Soldiers Relieve Fears of Long List of Witnesses, Now Expected to Talk. By the Associated Press. BORGER, Tex., October 1.—Relieved by the presence of 100 soldiers ad- ministering martial law of any fear which might have locked their lip: long list of witnesses was under sub- poena to appear today before a military court of inquiry which is investigating ;;wleuneu in this turbulent ofl-boom wn, The court of inquiry was established yesterday a few hours after Brig. Gen. Jacob Wolters led his troops into town, proclaimed martial law and took over the duties of all city and county peace officers. Scope of the investigation was not outlined, but it is expected it will be contimued until the National Guard officers sitting as members of the court have sifted every angle of Borger's crime, and charges that there has been an official conspiracy to protect crime, in an effort to explain the assassina- tion here September 13 of District At- torney John A. Holmes. Court Hides Workings. From noon until far into the night, | the court questioned residents of Borger | yesterday, but no inkling of its line of Drocedure was revealed. It is expected | the findings of the court and names of | witnesses “will be kept secret until | placed before a grand jury October 14. State rangers investigaling Holmes' assassination have indicated that wit- nesses were afraid to talk before mar- tial law was declared, and that one witness was threatened with death by a policeman. Mayor Glenn Pace of Borger was arrested Sunday and charged with sending a witness out of town. With all civil peace officers ousted during the period of military control, investigators hoped they would be able to get much more complete testimony from timid witnesses. ‘The change from civil to martial law was made without confusion and there was no s°mblance of violence. Few arrests were made and most of these were for intoxication. Clint Melhol- land, a policeman, and Sam Jones, a constable, were ‘“held for investiga- tion.” Al peace officers were disarmed as they were ousted. | Grand Jury List Plays Part. Although nothing was said about the progress of the court of inquiry, Gen. | Wolters told reporters, some hours after | the questioning of witnessss started, | that a grand jury list stolen from the county clerk probably would figure in | the solution of the assassination. The county clerk's list has disap- peared and officers believe it was stolen by criminals interested in the delibera- | tions of the grand jury, when they ob- | tained the list and discovered that law- | abiding citizens were to make up the | grand jury. s | * Although there was no suggestion | that there would be trouble the sol- diers were well prepared for it. In | addition to_ the rifles which they carry. the force had 20 12-gauge, sawed-off shotguns and the usual cavalry side- arms, except that no sabers were worn. | | call the men who were named on the | grand jury list to sit as a grand jury | October 14. and the findings and evi- | dence of the military court probably will be presented at that time. Mrs. Bryan is the wife of Burt Bryan. county | jailer, who resigned when Sheriff Joe | Ownbey was replaced by a Texas | ranger. Gen. Wolters said that the investi- gators had decided that Holmes alone | knew whom he contemplated prosecut- | ing and what he intended to prosecute | ‘The fact that this informa- | them for. tion went to the grave with him has | made the task of the investigators dou- bly hard, since they must call many | witnesses' blindly, hoping for some in- dication as to the battle Holmes was aging and the identity of his ad- versaries. 'BOY OF 5 KIDNAPED IN MOTHER’S VIEW Front of House Is Abducted. | By the Associated Press. DETROIT, October 1.—Jackie, 5- year-old son’ of Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Thompson, was kidnaped from ths front gf his home late yesterday, as he played with his brother, Henry, jr., 7. ‘Th2 older boy was unable to tell whether the two persons who abducted his brother were men or women. The kidnapers drove away in a coupe as Mrs, Thompson, who had been upstairs, after hearing Jackie scream. ‘Thompson, company. was at his downtown office. Mrs. Thompson had just returned kidnaping occurred. Her niece,” Mrs. F. W. Kalsow, of Pontiac, Mich., who had been caring for the Thompson children, had just left the house when the kidnapers drove up. The nearest house to the Thompscn home is two blocks away and there were no witnesses to the abduction be- side the older brother and the mother. FALL ARR FOR TRIAL § he arrived phed when \ —P. & A, Pl Mrs. Ona Bryan, county clerk, will | Child Playing With Brother in' ran to the front porch of the home | president of a real estate | from the funeral of a friend. when the | TEXAS TROOPS PUT [LA GUARDIA BARES ‘TAX RACKETEERING' Says Ro and Others Favored by Unfair Assessments. By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, October 1.—Fiorello M. La Guardia, Republican candidate for mayor, today named John D. Rocke- feller, jr., and August Heckscher, phi- lanthropist, among a group who he said were favored to the extent of $75,000,- 000 by unfair city tax assessments, La Guardia charged that “tax rack- eteering” by Tammany Hall’ and the administration of Mayor James J. Walker had shunted a huge tax assess- ment from favored wealthy landowners to small property owners. He named William H. Todd, Brook- lyn shipbullder and friend of former Gov. Alfred E. Smith and Mayor Walker; Samuel Untermyer, chief counsel for the city in on rate cases; the es- tate of Rodman Wanamaker and other individuals and corporations as bene- ficiaries of tax discrimination. Rockefeller's Property Cited. His statement mentioned various pieces of property in the vicinity of Fifth avenue on which Rockefeller, he charged, enjoys a much lower assess- { ment than that levied on other property in the district. The site of the Wanamaker stores at Broadway and Ninth street, he asserted, was assessed for $3,895,000 16 years ago and is now assessed at $2,825,000. La Guardia’s allegations were denied by Heckscher and Untermyer. Repre- sentatives of Rockefeller made no com- ment. James J. Sexton, president of the Board of Taxation and Assessments, issued a general denial of all the charges, Rothstein Issue. The mysterious slaying of Arnold Rothstein, Broadway gambler, who was shot to death in a hotel last November, held its place as an ireue in the cam- | paign today. District Attorney Joab H. | Banton prepared to begin the trial of George McManus, former friend of the gambler, who is indicted for the murder. Enright, mayoralty candidate of the Square Deal party, as saying Rothstein was slain by a narcotic addict known as “Heinine,” were denied by Banton. Banton said he expected to have a special jury panel réady to begin trial of the case by October 15. MISS ORCUTT LEADS Woman Golfer Goes 6 Under Par for 35 to Show Way in First Round. By the Associated Press. OAKLAND HILLS COUNTRY CLUB, | Birmingham, Mich., October 1.—Mau- | reen Orcutt’ of White Beeches, N. Y.. | shot & remarkable 35, 6 under par, to | take a 3-up lead over Helen Hicks of | Hewlett, Long Island, in the first round of the National Women's Golf Cham- pionship at Oakland Hills today. Miss_Orcutt bagged five birdies and an eagle during her sensational round. and even though Miss Hicks, who tied for_medalist honors yesterday, carded A 39, 2 under par, she was unable to stop such & rush. Six on First Hole. where sh> took a 6, was Miss Oreutt | over par. Chip shots that ran long and | straight and spectacular putting were | responsible for her meteoric round. | Miss Hicks took the lead on the first hole, but was headed thereafter on the first nine. On that hole Miss Orcutt slapped her drive and second shots into a rough | to take the six, while Miss Hicks was on in 3 and in with a par 5. Comes Back en Second. A 30-yard chip shot that nestled with- in two feet of the eup gave Maureen the 'second with a birdie four to square the short third for a birdie and a 1-up margin, They halved the fourtb with par 5s. Miss Hicks squared it again on the 417-yard fifth, where she played a chip shot from 35 feet to within one foot of the hole for a birdie 4. Miss Orcutt won the succeeding three holes with miraculous golf. On the sixth, she sank a 50-foot down hill putt for a birdie 3, a 15-foot putt for an eagle 3 on the seventh and was on in 2 and in with 2 more for a birdie on the eighth, where Miss Hicks' second landed in a trap. They halved the | ninth in birdie 3s. Hicks—out + Glenna Collett Wins Handily. The defending champion, Glenna Collett of Los Angeles, easily survived the first round of match play in the women’s national championship today, conquering Mrs. W. A, Johnson of Philadelphia, 6 and 5. Edith Quier of Reading, was 3 up over Mrs. John Arends of Chicago at the turn, while Mrs. Harley Higbie of Detroit had a 2-up margin on Helen Payson of Portland, Me. Kathleen Wright, Pasadena, Calif., was 1 up on Louise Fordyce, Youngs- town, Ohio. Mrs. O. S. Hill, Kansas City, was 3 up on Rosamond Vahey, Boston. WISCONSIN AIDS HERDS. |State Has More Associations for That Purpose Than Any Other. ‘Wisconsin leads all other States in the number of dairy herd improvement associations. It has 154 out of a total of nearly 1,100 in all the States, accord- ing to reports compiled by the Bureau of Dairy Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture. These associations give dairymen in- formation as to the profitableness of their cows. On the basis of such infor- mation association members have been weeding out the less desirable animals and retaining heifers from the more productive cows. The value of this prac- tice is reflected in the steady increase in the average production of the cows un- de; t::tzolr'lh:hfle .w%‘m‘l‘ Baw n average production & in these herds was 247 pounds of but- terfat. In 1924 this had increased to an average of 279 pounds. to the bureau’s records, the production fig ures for the years from 1925 to 1928 were 284 pounds, 289 pounds, 293 pounds and 295 pounds. FRENCH SCULPTOR DIES. PARIS, October 1 (#).—Emile An- toine Bourdelle, who shared with As- tride Maillol the foremost rank among native-born French sculptors, died to- day. He was §7 years old. Bourdelle’s work was widely known and admired in the United States, as, indeed, throughout the world, and it is represented by statues and busts in the gllnclptl foreign museums. Bourdelle ad a great following lmn: mnw students and amateurs and had n rofessor in the studios of the Grande- ‘haumiere, celebrated modern academy the left bank. ckefeller, Heckscher! Published stories quoting Richard E. | On only one hole, the 431-yard fll’st,; the match. She sank a 12-foot putt on | i CHARLES J. BELL. —Harris-Ewing Photo. CHARLES J. BELL, FINANCIAL LEADER OF CAPITAL, DIES (Continued Fi First Page.) { ress of the younger employes in all the | | banks in the city. ! Mr. Bell was president of the Wash- | ington Stock Exchange in 1890 and had ! served on every one of the important | committees more than once. He was one | of the most regular attendants at the daily sessions of the exchange and in | late years the members had always made a special event of his birthday. Other organizations to which Mr. Bell belonged include the Columbia Histori- | cal Society, Washington Board of Trade, | Washington Chamber of Commerce, and | the Telephone Pioneers of America. He | was also a member of the Metropolitan | Club, Cosmos and City Clubs and treas- i urer of the Chevy Chase Club. Mr. Bell was a director in the Chesa- peake & Potomac Telephone Co. of this { city, also of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. of New York, of Vir- | ginia, of West Virginia and of Balti- | | more. He was a dircctor in the Brad- dock Electric Light Co. and president | 1of the Enquirer Building Co. of Cin- | cinnati. | Mr. Bell was a Republican in politics, | although he never found time for great | political acticity. He was an influential i member of the Episcopal Church and | also stood high in Masonic fraternity | | circles. When Mr. Bell had lived in Washing- | ton but a short time he married Miss | Grace B. Hubbard of this city, who sur- | vives him. He is also survived by two | ) daughters—Mrs. Julien H. Ripley of New York and Mrs. Granville R. For- tescue of New York and Washington. One son, Robert W. Bell of New York, also survives him, and he leaves six randchildren. ‘The few bankers who had heard of | his death today expressed great regret. | FALL IS IN CAPITAL FORBRIBERY TRIAL 1Former Secretary of Interior Still in 1l Health on Eve of Facing Court. By the Associated Press. Albert B. Fall, now 68 years old, has returned to the city, which he said nearly two years ago he might never leave again alive, to stand trial for bribery in connection with the leasin of the Elk Hills, California, naval 05 reserve. In November, 1927, the former Secre- tary of Interior sat in a hotel room here. He had battled grimly for more than a week against illness. Stooped of shoulder and shrouded in a heavy bathrobe, the paleness of his face show- ed how iliness had sapped his vitaiity. His trial with Harry F. Sinclair, wealthy oil man, for conspiracy in the leasing of the Teapot Dome Reserves had just ended in a mistrail, with the Govern- ment charging the jury had been tam- pered with, r:ii's Comment. “I would like to feel,” he said, com- menting on the fact that the new trial had been set for the following January, “that there is more than an even chance for my ever returning home after that, but I think there is only a 50-50 chance.” Since then Fall has not returned to the Capital until this week. He will g0 to trial Monday on the bribery charge growing out of the Elk Hills lease, whicl the United States Supreme Court has held was arranged without legal au- thority and was tainted with fraud and corruption because of the $100,000 sent to Fall in “a little black satchel” by Edward L. Doheny, the lessee. Each time the case has been called physicians for the former Secretary have presented affidavits that he was unable to leave his New Mexico home and the sanatoriums where he was seek- ing to regain his health. Even until a few weeks ago it was reported that he would again ask postponement of the trial because of the condition of his lungs. He has returned, howveer, and an- nounced through his counsel, Frank Hogan, that he personally would ask dismissal of the bribery indictment on the ground that it would constitute double jeopardy, he and Doheny having previously been acquitted on a charge of conspiracy. Presentment of Death. He has come back asserting confi- dence of clearing himself of the charges against him. But about his health he is more doubtful; the presentment of death that he voiced two years ago has not been dissipated by the two years he has spent in search of health. “I hope to get back soon,” he said. “This Washington climate never did agree with me.” A p ‘With Fall on his return to the Capital were his wife and two daughters, Mrs. C. C. Chase and Mrs. Jouett Fall Elliott. He also has with him his ;amily phy- sician, Dr. H. T. Safford. Mr. Doheny and his wife arrived here yesterday from Chicago. They will be defense witnesses and next to Fall, Doheny probably is the most interested in the outcome of the trial, for whether he will be brought to { His place in the financial district will | be very hard to fill, they said. He had | a brilliant fimancial brain, unusual loy- alty to the National Capital and excep- | | tional personal magnetism. 1 In spite of the amazing amount of | work which Mr. Bell achieved in the financial field and elsewhere, he found time for his special hobby—fishing. He , loved to fish and had made some fine | records in Maine and Canada, where he visited every Summer for mnn_v‘ . He .also found enjoyment in | golf and was fond of motorin; | The Bell estate, on Woodley road, has been one of the show places of | Washington for many years. Mr. Bell | took unusual delight in flowers, and he ' always had a bouquet, the product of | his_hothouses, even in Winter, on his | desk at the bank | {“KID” M’COY NAMED | "IN SHEARER REPORT! ! Former Boxer's Arrest in London on Larceny Charge Revealed | in Dossier. ' SR ! Norman Selby, better known as “Kid" ! |McCoy, one time noted heavyweight | boxer, mentioned in the Scotland | Yard dossier of W. B. Shearer, was | arrested in London, July 26,1912, on | a provisional extradition warrant charg- |ing larceny alleged to have been com- ! mitted at Ostend. | Scotland Yard authorities said he | | was suspscted of implication in the | | theft of jewels valued at $40,000 from the Princess of Thurn and Taxis, an American heiress. He was released on bail August 2, while awaiting the arrival from Bel- | gium of documents in the case, and | jon August 22 was released from custody, the sitting magistrate stating that there was not sufficient evidence to ! Justify extradition. In none of the newspaper reports of case was there any mention of W. B. Shearer., McCoy is now in prison in Californis where he is serving a sentence on a manslaughter charge in connection with the killing of Mrs. Theresa Mors of Los Angeles in August, 1924. DOCTORS ARE HOPEFUL FOR PROF. MICHELSON Re- World-Famous Physicist Is ported Still Gravely Il With Pneumonia. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 1.—Prof. Albert A. Michelson, world famous physicist, continued to hol1d ais gv«:h ;ll:}l‘rmwdl“y onia, an = M m;‘,'mmz ‘the 77-year-old sci- ld survive. '"};'f,‘cu',"f.“' said early today that the infection had gained no ground, but | warned that the crisis had not been Teached. The professor's advanced age precluded any predictions as to his ultimate recovery, the doctors sald. Prof. Michelson was_stricken with pneumonia while convalescing from a 'mlnor operation he underwent Septem- ber 20, RECEIVESRS;"P ORDERED. Cuba Cane Sugar Corporation’s As- sets Fixed at $110,000,000. NEW YORK, October 1 (#).—A re- ceivership for the Cuba Cane Sugar Corporation, with assets in excess of $110,000,000, was ordered in the United States District Court today. Charles Hayden, chairman of the board and of the reorganization committee. said the plan of reorganization would be pre- sented to the court tomorrow. Silence Is Golden. ASBURY PARK. N. J. October 1 (#)—Everett Smith, colored, will be careful hereafter about how he speaks to & policeman, . He asked a traffic offi- cer whether he went to West Point or Annapolls and was fined $10 for dis- orderly conduct. | i A trial on the same charge depends on the Government's success or failure in the Fall indictment. Other Witnesses. Other defense witnesses summoned include Charles Francis Adams, Secre- tary of the Navy; George Curry, former Governor of New Mexico: Dr. H. Foster Bain, former director of the Bureau of Mines, and a number of officers of oil companies and representatives of the Navy and Interior Departments. ‘The prosecution has called Harry M. Daugherty, former Attorney Gen- eral; Edward B. McLean, Paul Shoup, president of the Southern Pacific Rail- road: Dr. George Otis Smith, chief of the Geological Survey, and a score more o(h Government office holders and others. PREACHER LOOTS BANK, KILLS SELF Authorities Are Mystified, as His Wife Is Considered Wealthy. By the Associated Press. LE MARS, Iowa, October 1.—For three hours yesterday the Rev. Rex Frolkey forgot he was an ordained min- ister of the Evangelical Church, forgot his position as a respected citizen and landowner. He fastened a black mask across his face. shoved a pistol into his pocket and robbed the Sioux Center, | Towa, bank. Then, with arrest near, he | killed himself. The robbery was the more inexplicable to authorities because Frolkey's wife is reputed to be one of the wealthiest women in this section of Iowa. Just before Frolkey shot himself in & barn on the farm of his wife he gave $360 to P. Dickman, the farm tenant, with the explanation it was monry ne had obtained in the bank robbers. = License plates on_ his automobile turned suspicion to Frolkey. Persens who saw the robber drive from Sioux City after the hold-up caught the num- bers of the car -n? traced v.s:gnt g rs of & posse s ‘piace and_auestiored i ' lace and im. et iarations of ipnocence, coupled high standing in the com- :l::lt;’smfl‘:enced them not to arrest him. ey then went to Dickman, gave m;'o ’l.ll‘le’ money, confessed tho theft and went t othe barn, where he shot himself with the same gun he had used earlier in the day in holding up the bank cashier. The minister was 38 years old. In his college days at Western Union Col- lege here he starred at foot ball. Upon graduation he was ordained to the ministry, but he had not had a pas- torate recently. Up to a short time ago his various business activities included operation of radio station KWUC of Le Mars. The place of yesterday's robbery is 20 miles from here. The robber forced the assistant cashier, one customer and two children into the bank vault. He snatched up all the currency in eight and fled in the Prolkey automobile. MADDOX TRENHOLM SUED FOR DIVORCE Wife Brings Plea Against Wash- ington Man in Los Angeles Court. Suit for absolute divorce from Mae. dox Trenholm, Washington real estate man, has been filed in Los Angeles b Mrs. Louise M. Trenholm. Both prin- cipals in the suit.are of well known familles here. The couple were married in PFreder- ick, Md., June 28, 1919, and lived for several years in Chevy Chase, Md., scparating July 16, 1928. Mrs. Trenholm, the former Mrs. L. Kirkwood Godman, has been on the Mrs, jurisdiction on September 21. e is the mother of two cl dren by a former marriage. Americans are reported to have been the best customers when & London shop held a sale of flasks that would hold five bottles of whisky.